Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects nearly 36 million people. “CKD is a real public health crisis, and one that’s steadily rising,” said Merlin Thomas, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., FRACP, a professor of ...

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The updated labeling also includes new guidance for monitoring renal function in patients taking Lupkynis. The prescribing information for Lupkynis ™ (voclosporin) has been updated to include ...

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Credit: Shutterstock An investigation explored associations between rapid kidney function decline and increased heart failure risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Carefully monitoring kidney ...

Tripler Army Medical Center — A U.S. Marine Corps spouse is thriving today because of a life-saving 2024 kidney transplant and collaboration between Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and ...

Clinicians should monitor patients with stones, even if they are asymptomatic, to slow kidney function decline, investigators suggest. Even asymptomatic kidney stones may spur kidney function decline ...

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We often associate the word "attack" with the heart, sudden, severe, and often life-threatening. But what many don’t realise is that kidneys, too, can suffer a similar crisis. It’s called a kidney ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition in which the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter waste from the blood.

High blood pressure may actually be the body's early warning sign for a hidden problem developing in the kidneys. Since ...